Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2017

Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 26, 2017El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2017, 7:52 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2017, 7:52 PM MDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2017, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 1:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2017-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1044 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2017-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
9.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

376 
WFUS55 KPUB 270152
TORPUB
COC041-270215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.170527T0152Z-170527T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
752 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 815 PM MDT
    
* At 752 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Calhan, or 33 miles east of Colorado Springs,
  moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely. 

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern El Paso County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3892 10406 3893 10431 3906 10436 3913 10412
      3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 247DEG 16KT 3900 10423 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

kam

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso50 min
May 26, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso45 min
May 26, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
May 26, 8:14 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso21 min
May 27, 12:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller33 min
May 27, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller35 min
May 27, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo39 min
May 27, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo49 min
May 27, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano33 min
May 27, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas44 min
May 27, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero51 min
May 27, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas42 min
May 27, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas24 min
May 27, 3:53 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas37 min
May 27, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo43 min
May 27, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent39 min
May 27, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Otero27 min
May 27, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas38 min
May 27, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas48 min
May 27, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent32 min
May 27, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas39 min
May 27, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Prowers30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas52 min
May 27, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas39 min
May 27, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca50 min
May 27, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers46 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2017Every tornado warning in 2017Tornadoes in 2017

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.